Tim Padgett Joins DRN Title Search as Director of Business Development

August 31, 2007

DRN Title Search announced that Tim Padgett has joined the company as Director of Business Development. Padgett is responsible for expanding DRN’s operations in its current region and expanding the company’s penetration into new territories in the title and document retrieval market. He reports to Michael Lanin, managing partner.

Padgett most recently was a Client Service Representative for Fidelity Investments retail division in Blue Ash, Ohio. He holds his Series 7 and 63 licenses in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. He won numerous awards for his outstanding performance and innovations in the Service and Trading Group.

Padgett is a 17-year veteran of the title insurance industry. He was the founder and CEO of Delta Title Services in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1995—2005. Under his leadership, the company developed a model for digitally researching and warehousing title information for five counties in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Padgett served as chairman of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) Technology Committee in 2004-2005 and was a member of that committee from 2000-2005. He was also an active member of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBAA) from 2002-2005.

Padgett graduated with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree in Finance from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.